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Rising public debt is limiting governments’ ability to spend: IMF

The IMF shared these updates during a media briefing in Washington.

SA’s COSATU calls for extra measures to protect economy amid Middle East tensions

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Nigerian airlines threaten to halt flights over soaring jet fuel prices

Nigerian airlines will suspend all flight operations

Uganda appoints Citibank to mobilise funds for $3.19 billion railway project

Uganda said it had appointed Citibank

G‑24 warns Middle East war shock could slow Africa’s growth, deepen debt pressures

Finance ministers and central bank officials from the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G-24) group of developing countries have warned that the war in the Middle East is worsening an already fragile global outlook and could slow Africa’s growth momentum in 2026, even if the recently announced ceasefire holds.

SA President urges municipalities to fix services, cut red tape to unlock local growth

South Africa’s (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the country’s municipalities to treat local government as the “engine room” of economic growth, urging urgent action to fix failing services, reduce red tape and build an “operating system of growth” that helps small businesses thrive.

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Rising public debt is limiting governments’ ability to spend: IMF

SA’s COSATU calls for extra measures to protect economy amid Middle East tensions

Nigerian airlines threaten to halt flights over soaring jet fuel prices

Uganda appoints Citibank to mobilise funds for $3.19 billion railway project

G‑24 warns Middle East war shock could slow Africa’s growth, deepen debt pressures

SA President urges municipalities to fix services, cut red tape to unlock local growth

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